Sinner's Return Delayed: Pulls Out of Shanghai Masters
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Jannik Sinner is a famous tennis player from Italy. He is not playing tennis right now. His return to tennis is late again. Sinner will not play at the Shanghai Masters. A Masters is a big tennis tournament. People are now asking about another event. It is called the Six Kings Slam. Sinner may not play there too.
People saw Sinner near a clinic in Lyon. A clinic is a place for medical help. The clinic helps with bones and joints. Someone took a photo of Sinner with a fan there. This made many fans worried. People do not know why Sinner was at the clinic. This created a lot of mystery. Fans want more news about his health.
Vocabulary15 words
- return
- coming back to do something again
- Masters
- a very important tennis tournament
- withdraw
- to stop joining an event
- clinic
- a place where doctors help you
- mystery
- something people do not understand
- tournament
- a sports competition with many players
- fan
- a person who loves a sports star
- injury
- hurt on the body
- event
- a planned happening
- orthopedic
- about bones and joints
- worried
- feeling scared about something
- famous
- known by many people
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- health
- how well your body is
- news
- new information about something
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1. Shanghai Masters 2. Near a clinic in Lyon 3. True
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Jannik Sinner is a famous tennis player from _____. He is not playing tennis right now.
His _____ to tennis is late again. Sinner will not play at the Shanghai _____.
People are now asking about another event. It is called the Six Kings _____.
People saw Sinner near a _____ in Lyon. A clinic is a place for medical help.
Someone took a photo of Sinner with a _____ there. This made many fans worried.
People do not know why Sinner was at the clinic. This created a lot of _____.
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